E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 105 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 143 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1997 No. 93 House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 8, 1997, at 12:30 p.m. Senate FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1997 The Senate met at 9 a.m. and was begin the awakening here in the Sen- Mr. MOYNIHAN. Can I simply en- called to order by the President pro ate, in each Senator and in all of us dorse my revered chairman’s judg- tempore [Mr. THURMOND]. who work with them. In the name of ment? We have had a good debate. We our Lord and Saviour. Amen. have a good bill, a bipartisan bill. The PRAYER f prospects of any serious change are not The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John large. The prospect of any serious at- Ogilvie, offered the following prayer: RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING tention to new proposals are not Almighty God, Sovereign of this Na- MAJORITY LEADER great—not today. The Senate is a con- tion, Lord of our lives and Author of The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The tinuing body and we will continue to the liberties we enjoy as citizens, may able acting majority leader, the distin- discuss matters, but today is the time this Fourth of July week of recess be a guished Senator from Delaware, is rec- for closing out this legislation so we time of renewal of our commitment to ognized. can go to conference and send a bill to you as leaders of our Nation. May Inde- the President. pendence Day really be a dependence f Mr. ROTH. What is the order of busi- day for us and our fellow Americans as SCHEDULE we express our total dependence on ness? You. We want our observance to be Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, for the in- Mr. KENNEDY. Will the Senator more than picnics, firecrackers, and formation of all Senators, this morning yield for a question? the Senate will resume consideration parades. As we celebrate the birth of Mr. ROTH. I yield. our Nation, we want to reaffirm the vi- of S. 949, the Tax Relief Act of 1997, and sion for America you planted in our begin another lengthy series of rollcall Mr. KENNEDY. After the process Founding Fathers and Mothers, as well votes. As previously ordered, the series amendment, there may be an amend- as the unique role You have given this of stacked rollcall votes will begin on ment offered on the Republican side. Nation as a demonstration of democ- or in relation to the Nickles amend- We are prepared to move ahead to get racy. ment, followed by the Gramm amend- on the list; would that be agreeable? When we say the words, ‘‘One Nation ment and the Kerry amendment. Fol- Can I ask consent, after the sequenc- under God’’ in the Pledge of Allegiance, lowing the disposition of the aforemen- ing, there may be an amendment on may it be a fresh dedication to work tioned stacked votes, the Senate will the Republican side and we could have for righteousness and justice in every proceed to a vote on a number of proc- consideration? aspect of society. We confess what con- ess amendments under the control of Mr. ROTH. I say to the distinguished tradicts our declaration of dependence Senator DOMENICI. After those amend- Senator from Massachusetts, we have on You. We reflect on our secularized ments have been disposed of, Senators you on the list for three separate society that gives little thought to will have the right to offer an amend- amendments. You. Our motto is ‘‘In God We Trust’’ ment to the bill, with 2 minutes of de- Mr. KENNEDY. Just one amendment. and yet, our trust often is placed in bate equally divided on the proposed materialism and scientific humanism. amendment. Mr. MOYNIHAN. That is the spirit. We repent and ask Your forgiveness. However, it is hoped, and I would like Mr. ROTH. I say to the distinguished Dear God, You have answered the to emphasize, that Members will re- Senator and to my colleague, Senator prayers of Your people in the crises of frain from offering amendments so that MOYNIHAN, that we have a list of both our history. Today, we pray for a spir- the Senate may complete action on Republican and Democrat amend- itual awakening to spread across the this bill at a reasonable time. ments. They are set in a particular land. We know that only what has hap- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. order. We do intend to go from one side pened to us can happen through us. So THOMAS). The Senator from New York. to the other side. ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S6669 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 22:28 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S27JN7.REC S27JN7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY S6670 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 27, 1997 Mr. MOYNIHAN. May I just ask in tends the time for filing returns and pay- The question is on agreeing to the terms of who appears and asks for rec- ment of tax (and waives any penalties relat- amendment. ognition, the first three pending ing to the failure to so file or so pay) for The yeas and nays have been ordered. amendments are, in fact, stacked? such taxpayers. The clerk will call the roll. Dorgan Amendment No. 516, to provide tax Mr. ROTH. That is correct. relief for taxpayers located in Presidentially The assistant legislative clerk called Mr. MOYNIHAN. The rest are just declared disaster areas. the roll. amendments that may be offered. Jeffords amendment No. 522, to provide for Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without a trust fund for District of Columbia school Senator from Kansas [Mr. ROBERTS] is objection, the amendment of the Sen- renovations. necessarily absent. ator from Massachusetts will follow Domenici-Lautenberg amendment No. 537, Mr. FORD. I announce that the Sen- the process. to implement the enforcement provisions of ator from Illinois [Ms. MOSELEY- the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, enforce BRAUN] is necessarily absent. Mr. MCCAIN. Reserving the right to the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, extend the object, I ask a question of the Senator Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 through fis- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there from Delaware. Will there be a unani- cal year 2002, and make technical and con- any other Senators in the Chamber de- mous-consent agreement propounded of forming changes to the Congressional Budget siring to vote? some list of priority of these amend- and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and The result was announced—yeas 98, ments so that the Senators will know the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit nays 0, as follows: when their amendment will be consid- Control Act of 1985. [Rollcall Vote No. 138 Leg.] Biden amendment No. 539 (to amendment ered? YEAS—98 No. 537), to provide for the transfer of funds Mr. ROTH. I say to my distinguished from the general fund to the Violent Crime Abraham Faircloth Lieberman friend from Arizona we could set such a Reduction Trust Fund. Akaka Feingold Lott list. I thought at the beginning we Nickles modified amendment No. 551, to Allard Feinstein Lugar Ashcroft Ford would move informally, but as time provide for an increase in deduction for Mack Baucus Frist McCain health insurance costs of self-employed indi- proceeds we will try to set a list. Bennett Glenn McConnell Mr. MCCAIN. Further reserving the viduals, and to modify rules for allocating Biden Gorton Mikulski right to object, we all know, as the day interest expense to tax-exempt interest. Bingaman Graham Moynihan Gramm amendment No. 552, to allow fami- Bond Gramm wears on, there will be increasing pres- Murkowski lies to decide for themselves how best to use Boxer Grams Murray sures because of the departure as ar- their child tax credit. Breaux Grassley Nickles Brownback Gregg ticulated by my friend from Nevada Kerry amendment No. 554, to allow payroll Reed Bryan Hagel Reid last night, so it is of some interest as taxes to be included in the calculation of tax Bumpers Harkin Robb to which priority, after the initial liability for receiving the children’s tax Burns Hatch Rockefeller credit. Byrd Helms amendments that were agreed to last Roth AMENDMENT NO. 551, AS MODIFIED Campbell Hollings night, will be considered. Chafee Hutchinson Santorum I ask both the Democrat leader and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Cleland Hutchison Sarbanes the managers, both managers of the pending business is the Nickles amend- Coats Inhofe Sessions Shelby bill, if we could have some predict- ment No. 551, with 2 minutes equally Cochran Inouye Collins Jeffords Smith (NH) ability associated with that. divided for debate. Conrad Johnson Smith (OR) I remove my objection. Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, on be- Coverdell Kempthorne Snowe Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, re- half of myself, Senator HAGEL, Senator Craig Kennedy Specter Stevens ABRAHAM, Senator DOMENICI, and oth- D’Amato Kerrey serving the right to object, these Daschle Kerry Thomas amendments have been around for ers, the amendment that we proposed DeWine Kohl Thompson some time, and I would think there last night we have modified. We did re- Dodd Kyl Thurmond would have already been a sequence of ceive some requests from Senators to Domenici Landrieu Torricelli Dorgan Lautenberg Warner priorities. This proposal ought not to delete the provision that dealt with Durbin Leahy Wellstone be muscling around here.